"My old stock Explorer shocks had 150K miles on them and were done. When I took them off there was very little pressure in the shocks and one was dead. I replaced them with the KYB monoshock,all the way around in 4hrs - and love the results. The car handles solidly now. No overstated leans to the left or right, and during braking no nose dive what so ever. I take my vehicle off road quite a bit and have no reservations with these shocks. I was hesitant to spend 240 or so, but now I feel the money was well spent.
Don't worry about not having a strap on the front shock, you can easily compress it on the ground, guide it in, and bolt it before it extends. The rears are strapped making them very easy to install."posted by: Reviewer Joe Bob on May 2, 2008view all 2 reviews

"The front shocks came without the dustcover for the piston rod ( I dont know if that is normal or not ). I had to use the original ones which were 12 years old. I did not like that part. The first attempt to install the shock with the old dustcover failed because the spacer that was pressed in the dustcover was too thick. The thread on the piston rod was not long enough to put a nut on. I had to press the washer out of the dustcover and turn it on a lathe from 3/8 of an inch to a quarter of an inch. After that the installation was a piece of cake."posted by: PG on August 7, 2013view all 1 reviews